Let’s take a look at a monthly A-Book revenue example.
Based on the numbers from yesterday’s post, here’s what an A-Book would make per month if its customers traded mini lots.
Number of Customers | Number of mini lots per month per customer | ||
5 | 10 | 30 | |
100 | $500 | $1,000 | $3,000 |
500 | $2,500 | $5,000 | $15,000 |
1,000 | $5,000 | $10,000 | $30,000 |
5,000 | $25,000 | $50,000 | $150,000 |
10,000 | $50,000 | $100,000 | $300,000 |
Based on the numbers above, here’s what an A-Book would make after 12 months if its customers traded mini lots.
Number of Customers | Number of mini lots per month per customer | ||
5 | 10 | 30 | |
100 | $5,000 | $12,000 | $30,000 |
500 | $30,000 | $60,000 | $150,000 |
1,000 | $60,000 | $120,000 | $360,000 |
5,000 | $300,000 | $600,000 | $1,500,000 |
10,000 | $600,000 | $1,200,000 | $3,600,000 |
As you can see, it’s hard for A-Book brokers to make money unless they have A LOT of customers who trade FREQUENTLY (preferably at large sizes).
A-Book brokers are motivated to have profitable traders because profitable traders tend to increase either their trading size and/or volume which means more revenue for the broker.
Advocates of A-Book brokers argue that the A-Book execution model is “better” for customers versus B-Book since the broker is not directly profiting from customers losing money on the trade. This means that a broker’s interests are more aligned with their customers.
But the A-Book execution model also comes with its own challenges…
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